On 12th January 2015 the Appeal total received reached £40,034 thanks to recent donations made by Bilton Methodist Church, and Aphrodite Beauty and Spa.
Members of the physiotherapy team at Out Patients in St Cross are pictured trying out one of three new goniometers donated by the Friends of St Cross.
The Friends of St Cross have donated two new patient supports for use in Oak Ward.
At the Rugby Dunsmore Rotary Club Burns Night on 27th January the Friends of St Cross was presented with a cheque for £2,700 for the Diamond Jubilee Appeal to add to the £2,000 which had already been donated last June.
Surgeons and theatre staff at St Cross have taken delivery of specialist patient supports for use in hip operations.
The Friends have donated a new piece of diagnostic equipment that brings a service for patients with some sleeping disorders to the Hospital of St Cross.
Members of Thurlaston Ladies Club invited Tony Cousins from the Friends of St Cross Roadshow team to their village church hall to be presented with a cheque for £400 towards the Diamond Jubilee Appeal.
Father and son Les and Lee-Anthony New have teamed up to raise money for the Friends Diamond Jubilee Appeal.
Staff and customers of the Merchants Inn have been supporting the Charity since the launch of the Appeal last June. Since then they have raised over £500 through a mixture of activities including Quiz Nights, raffles and collecting tins on the bar!
The main contractors for the re-development of the Elliott’s Field retail park have donated £100 and the Circus supported the Appeal.
Two pillars of the community have announced that they are combining to give the Appeal another boost with a Spring Concert to be held in the St Andrews Parish Church at 7:30pm on Saturday the 18th of April.
On the 13th of March the Mayor invited members of Shree Kalyan Mandal (Rugby Hindu Temple) to the Mayor’s Parlour and to view the Council Chambers where the group presented him with a cheque for £501 for the Mayor’s Charity which is the Friends of St Cross.